Buckle for holding ribbons



Oct. 14, 1952 BROWN BUCKLE FOR HOLDING RIBBONS Filed March 1, 1950 INVEN TOR:

MAX BROWN Patented Oct. 14, 1952 ece BUCKLE FOR, HOLDING rtmuous e Max Brown, Waterbury, Conn'lfassignor to The 1 i Waterbury Metal Stamping" Co.,-'Waterbury-, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut f -i Application March .1, 1950, Serial No. 147,062

This invention relates to buckles for adiustably holding and connecting ribbons, and more particularly to a buckle of the type which is used in garments such as lingerie, and which is cut or stamped from sheet metal or other suitable material in such. a manner as to provide transverse bars forming slots for receiving the ribbons.

One object of this invention is to provide a buckle of the above nature having a lower transverse opening which is so shaped as to avoid bunching of a-ribbon which may be threaded therethrough, whereby the'ribbon will remain in laterally spread condition in the buckle despite diagonal strains which mayoccur thereon.

Another object is to provide a buckle of the above nature in which the lower opening extends nearly the full width of the buckle, whereby crowding of the ribbon will be avoided.

Another object is to provide a buckle of the above nature having an oval transverse central slot which is adapted to receive an upper ribbon, and which isparticularly adapted 'to' hold in spread condition a ribbon which has been hemmed after-being cut-from a larger piece of whole fabric and known as a self-material ribbon. I

A further object isto provide a buckle of the above nature which will be'simple incconstruction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install and adjust, compact, ornamental in appearance, and very efficient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, there have been illustrated on the accompanying drawing two forms in which the invention may conveniently be embodied in practice.

In the drawing,

Fig. l is a perspective view, showing the first form of the improved buckle.

Fig. 2 is a front view showing the buckle as it would appear when used for adjustably connecting a pair of ribbons, the latter being shown partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a front view showing the second fo of buckle as it would appear with'a pair of ribbons therein.

Referring now to the drawing in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral indicates the first form of buckle which is constituted by a piece of stiff, flat, sheet material so formed as to provide a pair of opposite longitudinal side bars ll, l2 connected by transverse upper and lower intermediate bars l3, I4, and a curved lower end bar [5, the latter bar being in effect a continuation of the lower ends of the side bars ll, I2.

2 Claims. (01. 24-200) 'The upper ends of the side bars ll, I2 are provided with respective inwardly-extending arms [6, l'l'which are disposed in parallel relationship to the upper intermediate bar 13 and which 'arespaced apart at their inner ends, thus forming an upper transverse slot [8 having a relatively narrow entrance throat [9. The intermediate'bars l3, M are disposed in spaced relationship and have longitudinally concave facing edges, thus forming a transverse central slot having bulging sides. The slot 20 will be herei'nafter referred to as the oval slot, and preferably is so proportioned as to have a central width which is' of the order of twice its width at its ends.

, The side bars ll, l2 are provided with respective inwardly extending and downwardly inclined projections 2 l, 22 which are spaced apart at their inner ends so as to define with the bar it a transverse slot 23 having a central bottom throat 2 4.

The inclined projections 2|, 22, taken together with the curved lower end bar [5, define a lower ribbon opening 25 having upwardly inclined end portions 26, 21,:located below the projections 2|, 22, respectively. d

In order to provide an abutment which will serve to prevent lateral sliding and bunching of a ribbon in the opening 25, the'lower end bar I5 is provided with an upwardly-extending curved central hump 28, the width of which is preferably equal to'or greater than the width of the throat 24 so that the central portion of the ribbonopening 25 located above the hump 28 may, in eifect v.comprise'a portion of the roa V Operation of first form "In operation, the buckle l0 may be attached to a" loop of ribbon R4 by first inserting one end of said ribbon through the central oval slot 20, and then bringing said end back through'the lower slot 23, after which both ends of the loop may-be inserted in the upper slot l8 by passing them together inwardly through the entrance throat l9 with a sidewise motion.

Thus the buckle l0 will be firmly attached to the loop of ribbon R-l, and the shape of the central oval ;slot,2 ll will tend to hold said ribbon in a spread condition, inasmuch as the ends of said slot arerelatively narrow, and will prevent the ribbon from becoming bunched at either end of the slot.

A loop of ribbon R-2 may then be inserted in the lower ribbon opening 25, this operation being facilitated by the presence of the throat 24, which 3 offers ample room for the insertion of the ribbon. The ribbon R-2 will then be drawn downwardly and spread in the opening 25 so that the edges of said ribbon are disposed in the end portions 26, 21 of said opening.

The buckle l and the ribbons R-l, 3-! therein will now be incondition for use and if alongitudinal strain is exerted upon. the ribbons, a central portion of the ribbon R4 will be stretched over the hump 28, the inclined sides of which will effectively serve to. preventeither, half of the ribbon R-2 from passing into the op posite half of the opening and thuswillpree vent diagonal strains from aetingfadverseiy upon the proper positions of the ribbons in the; buckle;

Second form;

The second form of the invention is embodied in a buckle 29 (Fig. 3) comprising a pair of opposite parallel longitudinal sidebars 3ll,. 3|, the centralportions-of which-are connected by.trans verse upper and lower intermediate bars; 32,, 33, having thei'ebetween an oval slot 34 siinilai to the slot 20 of thefirst fori'n. Theiupper-ndsof the side bars 30, 31 naveinwardiy extendin arms 35, 36 which define, in connection with theuiiper intermediate bar 32, an upper transvrse'slot 31 having a central upper-entrance throat {38.

In spacedrelationship below the lower intermediate bar 33, the bu'ckl'e 29 is rievieeema cessively with a transverse tar; 39' and a curved lower end bar 40,the latter providing in ireaea downward continuation ofthe sidebars 39', 34. The bars 39, 40 are spaced from the sem ar d from each other so as ,t0 definealower tfansverse slot 4| and a curvedlowerribbon-openingfl.

By means of this constructiom it .willb seen that the lower ribbon opening (i2 is concave;in an upward directioni andcomprises upwatdlyj inclined end portions 43, 44, which aredefined in part by a pair of humps, 45, A6, extendin upwardly from the curved end bar 40 adjacentthel ends .of said opening;

1 Operation of -sec'o1z'd-form" The second form of buckle 29 will beius'ed in substantially the same manner as was'des'cribed abViticofinectiOh withthe buckle l0. Thus}, a length or ribbon 12,-: will be loopedarolind the lowerintermediate bar 33; and extending thence over the u perinterrnediatebar, 32s and under. thearms 35, 36. I l A loop at ribbon R-A will then e disposed in the lower ribbon opening 42;,pppositdedge portions of said ribbon being stretched over thehumps 45, 46 so that longitudinal strains which may be exerted uponthe ribbon- R4 will hold said ribbon in close engagement with said. humps and thus will hold the ribbon in a. spieadcondit-i'on. in the opening 42. r 4

In view of the foregoing, it will'be seen that the present invention provides a; buckle which is not only economical to manufacture and easyto assemble with the connectingribbons} but'whichi will effectively hold the ribbons in aspread coii-i dition therein without injury thereto and \ivl'iich will avoid excessive wear thereon-,1 thus avoiding the annoyanceor unsightly appearance which} occurs when ribbons become bunched or laterally shifted in the connecting buckles;

While there have-been disclosed-in this sp'eci'fi' cation two forms in which theinventiozi rnaykbe' embodied, it is to be understood that these forms are shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosures, but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is, claimed as new, and for which it is desired to secure. Letters Patent, is:

l. A buckle for joining the adjacent ends of U p r and lower straps, comprising an integral I framahaving apaii' of spaced vertical side bars,

said frame having an open top substantially closed, by upper bar portions extended inwardly from the upper ends of said side bars, a pair of spaced. transverse bars extended between said side bars below said upper bar portions and about which he urpe trap is. adiusiably engaged- 9mmirens selb rip fih sa d i as and ove which the lower strap is passed; inclined low- F? P5 1 v. I xte ded n ar a .i W war y;. rqm sa d i a t t om 93. 41t QWQ F Qt. i r $P t a v bars, said bottom bar having the ends of'its upper edge sloping downwardly and inwardly; from said side bars, and formed with at least one convex projection-extendingupwardly and terminating below s aid inclined bar; portions for stretching the lower strap so as. to prevent it from shifting relasahq ra a v. 4

ibll k i7 i g .the, e dsv' p r, and lower straps; comprising an integralfra-me havng apair of spaced vertical sidebars, said frame having a DB ir of spaced transverse bars extended between said sidebars and about which the upper strap is adapted to be-adjustably; engaged; a bottom transverse bar joiningsaid side bars andover which thellower strap isadapted to bepassed, inclinedlower bar portions extended inwardly and downwardly from said side bars between said bottom bar and, thelower: of said spaced transverse bars; saidbottombar having the ends of its upper edge sloping downwardly and inwardly from said side bars; and formed with .at' .least one convex projection extending upwardly andaterminating belowsaidinclined.bariportionsforstretching the lower 'strapso as topreve'ntit fromcshifting'reb ative to its frame; v v.

, MAX BROWN.

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